St Johns Festival Processions

St.Johns Church Palavayal, archdiocese of Tellicherry. Name of the Parish - St. John's Church, Palavayal. Patron - St. John. Diocese - Thalassery. Forane - Thomapuram. Institutions Under the Parish - L.P. School and St. John's High School. Syro-Malabar Religious /Catholic Cultural Organizations Working in the Parish - CML, Mathruvedi, Mission League and Vincent De Paul. Syro-Malabar Religious Houses In the Parish - Mount Carmel Palavayal, Angel Villa Parottipoil and SABS Convent.

Celebrations at St. Johns Church, Palavayal, Kerala on 1st January 2017. St. John, the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Great, was called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His public ministry. He became the "beloved disciple" and the only one of the Twelve who did not forsake the Savior in the hour of His Passion. He stood faithfully at the cross when the Savior made him the guardian of His Mother. His later life was passed chiefly in Jerusalem and at Ephesus. He founded many churches in Asia Minor. He wrote the fourth Gospel, and three Epistles, and the Book of Revelation is also attributed to him. St. John is called the Apostle of Charity, a virtue he had learned from his Divine Master, and which he constantly inculcated by word and example. The "beloved disciple" died at Ephesus, where a stately church was erected over his tomb. John the Apostle was the son of Zebedee and the (probably younger) brother of James, son of Zebedee (Saint James the Greater).

Tradition, based on Sacred Scripture, considers Salome their mother. Zebedee and his sons fished in the Lake of Genesareth. James and John first were disciples of Saint John the Baptist. Jesus then called Saint Andrew, Saint Peter, and these two sons of Zebedee to follow Him. James and John did so and thus rank high among the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. John and James both held prominent positions among the Apostles. Jesus referred to the pair collectively as "Boanerges" St.Johns Church Palavayal, archdiocese of Tellicherry. Name of the Parish - St. John's Church, Palavayal. Patron - St. John. Diocese - Thalassery. Forane - Thomapuram. Institutions Under the Parish - L.P. School and St. John's High School. Syro-Malabar Religious /Catholic Cultural Organizations Working in the Parish - CML, Mathruvedi, Mission League and Vincent De Paul. Syro-Malabar Religious Houses In the Parish - Mount Carmel Palavayal, Angel Villa Parottipoil and SABS Convent. Palavayal is a village in the eastern hilly areas of Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala.